Wider implications to teachers’ dispute

All of this talk about teachers wanting to “limit their duties” is a generalization of the teachers that are working for the Upper Grand District School Board.

Teachers have been working alongside students for many years in order to allow them to fully develop their extracurricular skills and keep them involved outside of the classroom, through sports teams or book clubs.

By limiting the amount of time that teachers are now allowed to spend with students, the relationship that students should have with their teachers (a strong relationship allowing the children to go to the teacher as a person of higher authority that they trust) is going to diminish.

How is one able to form a bond with someone who shares the attention of 30 other students, eight hours a day?

The involvement that these teachers have in their students’ lives through these activities is also on a voluntary basis, so if you don’t want to participate, then don’t.

No one is forcing anyone to be involved. The government is making it seem as though teachers are complaining about all of this work. Now they are questioning the safety of students because of the limitation of their involvement that is being regulated by the provincial government?

If the doors shut to schools, the students have nowhere to learn, and the parents would have to take off time from work in order to provide care for their children.

All of these events are spiralling off the fact that the government wants teachers to become less involved in their students lives.

So next time you think about whether or not your children’s education is at stake, don’t assume it’s the teachers fault, as this situation is a deeper government action plan than anyone can see.